Improvement in corn-planters



LANSING & GRENELL.

09m-Planter.

N5.. 362.569 -Pap'enped sept. 30.r i862.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H. B. LANSING AND H. IV. GRENELL, OF HUDSON, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,569, dated September30, 1862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, H. B. LANSING and H. W. GRENELL, of the town ofHudson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Corn-Planters, and we hereby declare that the followingis a true and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The design of our machine is to plant two rows of corn at a time, alsoto mark the ground, open the earth for the reception of the seed, thencover the seed, and, lastly, stamp the earth on it, as is usually donewith a hoe. The ground is marked one way by following back the sametrack alternately with one wheel, and in the other Way by the markers orarms e c e, which mark at right angles to the direction you areplanting.

In the annexed drawings, made a part of this specification, Figure 2represents a vertical section of our machine; and Figs. l and 3, planviews of the same, cut off near the center.

One section ofthe machine is not exhibited in the drawings, but is to bemadein all respects like the section described, with the exception thatthe rods bearing the markers e c c are inserted in the axle, the axle atthat vend not being furnished with a collar.

In Fig. 3; the vletter A represents the axle, and B one ofthe wheels ofthe machine. The axle is supported :near its end by boxes in which itcan revolve. On the inner edge of the hub B teeth are cut, havingsufficient space between them to receive corresponding teeth on thecollar C. Between the shoulder E and the collar C a grooveis made toreceive the forked lever D, which at its opposite end passes through therod F and the spring L. The rod F runs at a right angle with forkedlever D, is hinged at the support g, and extends to the cross-bar a.Parallel with rod F is the rod h, which is hinged at its point ofjunction with a h, passes through the support l, and has a lateralmotion playing on the pin that attaches it to l. The rod h curvesdownward near the end, as exhibited in the drawings, and has a slotinit, through which a bolt passes to connect it with the lever O. Thislever is jointed at the point r, the upper end of the lever beingdesignated by the letter K and the lower end by the letter O. The jointr is so constructed that K may have either a forward or sidewise motion.The bolt that passes through the slot in h beingl secured to the lowerpart of 0, by moving K to the right the head of the bolt presses againsth, which operates on the cross-bar a, and this, acting on rod F, drawsthe collar C out of its gearing with the wheel B', thus enabling wheel B'to move Ywithout revolving the axle A.

R is a treadle in front of the driver-s seat, a

connected with the arm I?, and that to the rod q,which at one end issupported by the pendant (marked T) placed under the platform upon whichthe driver rests his feet, and at the other end g plays in the staple T.At the end of the rod q is the arm u, connected by a hook and eye to thebifurcated lever W, the bifurcations having their fulcrums at c c. Tothe opposite end of W is attached the tube d, intended to convey theseed to earth. The tube d can be raised or lowered at pleasure by meansof the treadle It. The tube d is scalloped at the lower end, the`frontedge being made to penetrate some distance into the soil to open it forthe reception of the seed,while the hinder edge goes into the groundonly sufficiently far to secure earth for covering the hill ofcorn,which is effected by the progressive motion of d at the moment theseed reaches the opening made to receive it. The instant the corn iscovered the stamper Q, descends and presses the earth on the hill.

On the bottom of the platform X are two slides, m and n. Half of m ismade to slide on platform X. The remaining half is elevated above thesurface of platform X and curved first to the right and then downward,so as to be within the reach of teeth in the cam-wheel M. This cam hasthree teeth, which, as the axle revolves, press successively against theshank on m and forces the seed-slide H back until the opening in it getsopposite to the mouth of the tube d, when the tooth escapes from theshank, and slide H is driven back by the curved spring r.

The slide fn, has attached to it the branch y, which diverges from it atright angles near its center, passes under slide m, and then runsparallel with m until it reaches a point immediately above the tube d,Midway of slide a is a spur, descending suciently far to be within reachof the teeth on the cam M2. Through a hole in the end of slide n,' nextto the tube d, a small cord is passed, and from thence over the pulley tthrough the stanchion k, then into an eye at the top of the tube d andfastened to the rod ot' the stamper Q. The spur on n,when caught by thetooth of cam M2, forces u forward, and when the tooth escapes from thespur u is brought back bythe weight ofthe stamper Q. By this arrangementthe office of the stamper is performed the moment the corn is droppedand covered by the tube d.

a is the bar that connects F and h, by the operation of which G isthrown out of gear with B.

J is the ratchet-wheel, the object ot which is, when taken with itsconnections, to shorten the distance between the hills. This is done bymeans of the twofold motion of K, as above described:'rst, by moving thelever K to the right to disengage the collar C from its gearing with B',and, secondly, by moving` thelever K forward and throwing the axle inadvance by means of the ratchet-wheel, and thus brin ging the nextmarker in order nearer to the mark made by the one which preceded it. Lis the spring to force back the lever D.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. The markers e e e at one end of the axle, inserted into the collar Cand at the other end into the axle A, for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The tube d, in combination with the stamper Q, operated in the mannerand for the purpose herein described.

3. The jointed lever K O, in connection with the ratchet-wheel J and thetoothed collar C, arranged in the manner and for the purpose herein setforth.

In witness that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands inthe presence of two witnesses. V

H. BQLANSING. n. w. GRENELL.

v Witnesses:

A. G. GRAVES, J. J. HoGABooM.

